I’m Shreeja Vachhani, a licensed master social worker providing psychotherapy at Transcendent Self Therapy. I approach therapy as a relational and deeply collaborative process, one rooted in curiosity, authenticity, and the belief that healing begins when we feel safe enough to more fully encounter ourselves. Much of my work centers around helping clients develop a deeper, more compassionate understanding of the emotional patterns, protective adaptations, relational dynamics, and “parts” that shape their internal world. Together, we work to understand not only what is happening internally, but why - gently tracing how past experiences, family systems, cultural environments, and survival strategies continue to influence present-day relationships, emotions, identity, and ways of moving through the world.

My clinical approach is informed by psychodynamic, relational, attachment-focused, somatic, and experiential approaches to psychotherapy. I am especially interested in the intersection of trauma, attachment, and the nervous system, and in helping clients cultivate greater embodied awareness, emotional clarity, and self-compassion. I believe healing involves more than intellectual insight alone; it often requires learning how to safely reconnect with emotions, sensations, needs, creativity, and aliveness that may have been pushed aside in the service of survival. Therapy can be a place to understand and reshape the stories we carry about ourselves - not by pathologizing them, but by honoring the wisdom, pain, and context from which they emerged.

As a social worker, I also bring awareness to the larger relational, cultural, and systemic contexts that shape wellbeing. I am deeply curious about the ways identity, cultural experiences, intergenerational dynamics, and societal influences impact how we learn to relate to ourselves and others. As a bicultural individual, my work is informed by both lived experience and ongoing learning around culturally responsive and decolonized approaches to healing, attachment, and mental health. I aim to support clients in building a more nuanced and compassionate “map” of themselves, one that allows for greater complexity, authenticity, connection, and choice.

Alongside my clinical work, I value reflection, curiosity, creativity, spirituality, and ongoing exploration, and I bring that spirit into the therapy room with clients. I view therapy as a space to reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been lost, protected, or difficult to access, and to begin shaping a life that feels more authentic, intentional, and connected.